Beijing time on January 16 news, 2022 snooker Masters semifinals, Neil Robertson in 1-4 behind, and 3-5 face 3 match points in the case of a big reversal, eliminated 3-time World Champion Mark Williams, into the final! After the game, the audience stood up and applauded the two for their wonderful performances. Especially the decider, it's amazing, that's the beauty of snooker.
World rankings, Neil Robertson 4th, Mark Williams 8th! Since the 2019 Masters, Neil Robertson has achieved four consecutive wins over Mark Williams. In his career, Mark Williams won the World Championship 3 times and Neil Robertson won the World Championship 1 time!
In this campaign, Neil Robertson started well, scoring 102 points in a single shot to take a 1-0 lead. But in this game, Mark Williams had good luck and pulled back a city 81-0 in the second set. In the third set, Mark Williams scored 71 points to make it 2-1. In the fourth set, Neil Robertson made a low-level mistake on the offensive powder ball, and Mark Williams won another set to take a 3-1 lead and enter the half-time.
In the second half, in the fifth inning, Mark Williams won 103-20 again, leading 4-1, and victory was in sight! But Neil Robertson didn't give up, chasing two straight sets, including a single 83 in the seventh inning, trailing 3-4! In the eighth set, Mark Williams had the luck to win the match point 5-3.
In the ninth inning, Neil Robertson scored 13 points and then turned to defense, Mark Williams attacked and scored 23 consecutive points, it seemed that Neil Robertson was gone, but Mark Williams attacked the black ball and did not score, Neil Robertson reversed the innings, saving 1 match point, 4-5 behind.
The pace of the campaign was quite fast, and both sides improved when they had the opportunity, especially Mark Williams, who had been leading and wanted to win early.
In the tenth set, Mark Williams left a chance after kicking off, and Neil Robertson pulled back another set, 128-0, and the game went into a brutal tiebreaker, a set to be won!
In the decider, the two sides touched the fist, the fans on the sidelines were very excited, Mark Williams bench attacked, the fans were full of sighs, Neil Robertson had the opportunity! After 21-0, Neil Robertson did not score red balls, Mark Williams scored consecutive points, and the game ended with blackballs, but unfortunately it was a mistake and the game was complicated.
In the end, Mark Williams scored 2 free throws, he was reversed after the original super point, And Neil Robertson made it 6-5 to advance to the final.